Work & commute · Sioux Center

Work & commute in Sioux Center, IA

50% of Sioux Center’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Orange City (6%), Sioux City (4%) and Hull (4%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

1,934 of 3,852 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,918 Sioux Center residents head out of town to work, 1,934 work right here, and 4,296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sioux Center.

1,918live here, work elsewhere

1,934live and work here

4,296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sioux Center goes to work

Sioux Center (in town)right here

50%1,934

Orange City7.8 mi away

6%224

Sioux City41.6 mi away

4%170

Hull8.1 mi away

4%169

Rock Valley10.6 mi away

4%150

Sheldon18 mi away

2%66

Le Mars20.4 mi away

1%56

Sioux Falls, SD42.7 mi away

1%51

Des Moines167 mi away

1%29

Spencer51.6 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%976

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sioux Center commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

66%

11%

15%

66%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sioux Center is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sioux Center are

6,230 jobs are based in Sioux Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sioux Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sioux Center

6,230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Sioux Center residents hold

3,852 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+33%

Jobs based in Sioux Center, 2013 → 2023: 4,668 → 6,230. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.